Today is the best day of the week. That's because it's Friday, which also means tomorrow is saturday, and the following day is sunday, and tomorrow's tomorrow's tomorrow is a school holiday. AAHHH!!! I just realised Evangeline and I haven't finished elect geog authentic learning yet! Argh!! And right now, I'm listening to the horrible double concerto jean and i played.
The following reasons:
- I want to feel good about my violin skills (especially after violin lesson today)
- Slight depression since violin exam is in exactly 2 weeks
- I have the urge to torture my ears
However, I've had enough laughing this whole day and at Jie Ying's blog just now. So I need to rest my laughing mechanisms.
An update on my brain extension. Oh, my brain extension is the bump i got from accidentally banging me head against the hall piano. It still hurts and there's still a slight extension but it's shrinking by the day. I don't know if losing a brain extension is good or bad.The most important thing is that it must not has not made me like english, chinese etc. That's a good sign. The laughing disorder connoiseur (me) officially declares that all pianos should be covered with a sponge, or everyone playing the piano must be armed with a helmet for safety reasons.
Today, we ran 2.4km for the NAPHA test. My timing was 14.03 i think. Deproved by about one minute. But i didn't sweat as much as i usually do during fencing, so I think i didn't work myself that hard. For some particular reason, Jie Ying could constantly be seen laughing to herself while running, especially while running past me, the official laughing disorder connoiseur. I think her laughing disorder is worsening. Trust me.
I was happy because assembly ended late. So I didn't have to wait so long for my mom to pick me up for violin lesson. After picking me up, we went to MGS to pick Jean up. We arrived early. I think she only ends school at 2.20pm. Each period is 40mins. I would definitely die during chinese or english if I were her. But that also means recess is 40mins. When she came into the car, she showed me a prize she got for solving a rubik's cube during her school's science fair. It was this container of slimy substance. When I put it on my hand, it almost flowed right off. It's semi liquid, semi solid. When it flows off, it doesnt have any remaining traces. When it's on your hand, it feels wet. It looks like mucus, and not to mention it's texture too. I played with it the whole journey. It was fun and amusing. This was one of the rare times I was actually awake while travelling to Ms Kwok's house.
Today's violin lesson was the last before my exam. The dreaded day is only 2 weeks away. Argh! I plan to go off from school early that day so I can warm up. The exam starts at 3.16pm, have to be there earlier. It's at Ang Mo Kio avenue 6. First time it's so convenient. Grade 3 was at Ngee Ann City, Grade 5 was at katong mall, grade 7 was at Paragon.
We started off with pieces first. I played czardas first. It was ok, except the grace notes etc needed polishing and bow arm & finger coordination. Then, I played Gavotte en Rondeau. Ms Kwok was quite pleased with that. This time, I didn't rush and took time to "breathe". Then, Legende. Again, it was quite good. The double stops were quite alright. I think it has improved a lot from when I first started on it. I dreaded the part and it sounded horrible. At least now, even my mom thinks it's more pleasant to listen to. As for Jean, she's always dozing off as per normal while I'm having my lesson. I hope there's no particular connection to my playing. Then, she decided to skip listening to scales. She has quite a lot of hope in my scales. So she tested a few just to be sure. It went alright. Next, sight-reading. Ms Kwok thinks it's catching weird rhythms that's more important. She believes that once you get the rhythm and the first 2 bars, the rest just flows naturally. I think her theory is quite accurate. I hope it works for real during the exam again.
Jean faced more problems during violin lesson today. She is still trying to get used to the new violin. There's so much to get used to, but more importantly, the pressure. That's probably the hardest. All the best to her. 2 weeks left. She's going to have to practice hard. In lieu of this new change, her mistakes and unpleasant playing was forgivable.
There's no violin lesson next week. Today felt like a "last day of the world". Ms Kwok asked a few times, "Do you have any questions? Are you sure?" And I always said I was fine. She also did some couselling, like, just go into the room, don't play to impress, just play to enjoy etc. I hope it works. Not that I've encountered serious problems in my past 3 exams, but this one seems more important and stressful. Never worked so hard before. Next week, Ms Kwok's coming over to Ms Yao's house. Oh, she's my aural teacher + piano accompanist for my exam. She accompanied jean and me last year too. Yao Xiao Yun. From China, and her parents are pretty artistic as well. Maybe her art genes were inherited. We'll be rehearsing the 2 pieces. Gavotte en Rondeau is a solo piece-no accompaniment, unfortunately. That means my mistakes will be very obvious. Next week's rehearsal will be at 5pm. Ms Kwok has an "unimportant" concert in the evening so she just wants to go down straight and not reach too early.
After violin lesson, we dropped Jean off at school. She has to attend the Sec 2's family night. A bonding session for parents and siblings. Apparantly, the rest of her family is at home rotting away. I'm typing this, my mom is doing some work and my dad is watching a movie. And we spent time talking about random things which I cant even remember. So Jean is in school bonding with her other classmates. My mom is going to pick her up soon.
There's tutti tomorrow. I'll be discussing the geog authentic learning with evangeline tomorrow at 11.30 after tutti, then the NE scultpture at 12.30. Sigh.. Such a depressing day ahead. No, not the tutti part. I look forward to it.
Jie ying's section: your post was worth the wait. I laughed at my computer screen while reading it. And a reminder, I don't have a laughing disorder.
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